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Pomona College Book List: 2022 Update - Now 70% Longer!

Last published by me in 2019, this considerably longer version is a wide-ranging list of books that has been compiled from a survey undertaken by a Californian college.
These are books which scored at least 2 votes, ordered by number of votes, then by author's surname within votes, as follows:
Votes Tally:
01-15: 15 or more votes (30 votes for TLOTR trilogy)
16-39: 10-13 votes
40-65: 7-9 Votes
66-76: 6 votes
77-84: 5 votes
85-111: 4 votes
112-183: 3 votes
184-312: 2 votes
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avg. score: 65 of 312 (21%)
required scores: 1, 32, 53, 72, 96 
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
3
The Holy Bible (Various)
The Holy Bible (Various)
4
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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5
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
6
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
7
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
8
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
9
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
10
The Vampire Chronicles (Ann Rice)
The Vampire Chronicles (Ann Rice)
11
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance (Robert M. Pirsig)
12
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
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13
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
14
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
15
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
16
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
17
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
18
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
19
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
20
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
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21
Animal Dreams (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal Dreams (Barbara Kingsolver)
22
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
23
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
24
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
25
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
26
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
27
The Tao of Pooh (By Benjamin Hoff)
The Tao of Pooh (By Benjamin Hoff)
28
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
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29
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
30
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
31
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
32
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
33
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
34
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
35
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
36
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
37
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
38
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
39
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
40
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
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